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It would seem then that there are at least three lines of advance that 

 we as dairymen may undertake, first, improvement in quality; second, 

 improvement in and enforcement of such legislation as will encourage 

 dairying through guaranteeing to manufacturers a just and even basis of 

 competition, and to the producer fair and honorable treatment; thirdly, by 

 arranging a campaign in favor of the special dairy cow. The last Is In 

 our own hands; the first and second are only in part under our control. 

 It would seem as if we had given up the fight for quality. We would 

 seem to have been beaten back by the tide of competition. It would look 

 like as if Iowa is to take a back seat to Minnesota, Wisconsin and other 

 progressive states. Such states are, through their respective governments, 

 employing trained men whose business it is to aid the dairymen of the 

 state by enforcing laws which are a credit to the legislators of those states. 

 In the province of Ontario, Canada, there are a force of Instructor in- 

 spectors ten times as large as poor Iowa can afford whose duty it Is to 

 enforce laws which might be called drastic in Iowa, but wihch are pro- 

 ducing a cheese which is without equal for quality anywhere. Is Iowa 

 to stand still in this matter? We have a few able men, 'tis true, such 

 men as Mr. Wright and his secretary, Mr. Smith, Mr. Johnson and Mr. 

 Odell, we are proud of, and well we may be, but they are not enough. 

 If we can improve the quality of our butter to the extent of 1 cent per 

 pound it means $1,200,000 to the state of Iowa. I think It is possible In 

 many Instances to improve It 5 cents per pound and at the same time to 

 encourage consumption 20 per cent by supplying a better quality, besides 

 relieving we poor buttermakers of the job of making butter out of cream 

 which is already made, so far as its quality is concerned. I would we 

 had with us some of the legislators of Iowa. If we could only get them 

 infected with the dairy microbe, that they would be so impressed with 

 the imperative necessity of this matter that they would divert from the 

 treasury sufficient funds to employ at least a dozen men to enforce such 

 laws as are absolutely essential, what a change there would be in dairying 

 In Iowa. 



If we turn to those countries where greatest progress has been made 

 In dairying, as Denmark, Australia, New Zealand, we find that government 

 inspectors and co-operation is the writing that Is found on the wall. That 

 writing spelled success to them; it would spell success to us, and place 

 Iowa in the forefront of the states as the most economical producer of 

 dairy products of the highest possible quality. As members of the Iowa 

 Dairymen's Association let us do everything in our power to build dairy- 

 ing on a firm and sure foundation, backing in every way possible every- 

 thing that tends to Improvement in quality, supporting the enforcement 

 of such laws as are essential in fair and open competition, encouraging 

 dairying everywhere by submitting in no undecisive manner its ad- 

 vantages over other phases of agriculture, not neglecting to impress the 

 need of dairying with a dairy cow even in Iowa. 



The Chairman : Are there any questions ? If not, we will pro- 

 ceed with the program and will now listen to an address on ' ' Breed- 

 ing up the Dairy Herd," by Mr. P. J. Julian, of Algona. 



